Shamanism (2) : the abilities of a Shaman named Bear Hat

Date
1970-11-30
Authors
First Rider, George
Hellson, John
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.

Description
10 p. transcript of an interview with George First Rider conducted by John Hellson on November 30, 1970. Tape number IH-AA.121, transcript disc 21A.
Keywords
Dances and dancing -- Victory, Food -- Traditional, Horses -- Theft of, Medicine and curing practices -- Paints and painting, Medicine and curing practices -- Rituals, Medicine and curing practices -- Songs in, Medicine men and women -- Healing by, Medicine men and women -- Powers of, Names (Personal) -- Origins of, Power -- Animal sources, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Medicine men and women, Transportation -- Travois, Warfare, Intertribal -- Accounts of, Warfare, Intertribal -- Motives for
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